Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Nashville, the highly anticipated luxury hotel opening in the heart of Music City, announces the appointment of Aniello Nello Turco as Executive Restaurant Chef.
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“When I arrived at the D.C. metro area 11 years ago, I barely had any Puerto Rican clients,” says
Cindy Vargas, a hairstylist from Ponce, Puerto Rico, who owns Salon Laurel in Alexandria. “As a Puerto Rican, I was seen as exotic. Now, most of my clients are Puerto Rican, and they all ask me where I should eat Puerto Rican food.”
According to the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, the Puerto Rican population in the D.C. metropolitan area has increased by 42 percent since 2010. Most notably, there has been a 121 percent increase in D.C. proper over the past decade. With a more robust Puerto Rican population comes a heightened demand for a taste of home.